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No. 42/2007
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The Senate met from 9.30am until 7.54pm
New Senator
Senator Birmingham gave his
first speech.
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2007 [passed
by the House of Representatives on 12 June 2007)
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management
System and Other Measures) Bill 2007 [passed by the House of
Representatives on 12 June 2007)
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 and a related bill
[passed by the House of Representatives on 12 June 2007)
- Migration Amendment (Statutory Agency) Bill 2007 [passed by the
House of Representatives on 12 June 2007)
- Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007
[passed by the House of Representatives on 30 May 2007)
The following bills were passed
- Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation)
Bill 2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2007
Budget Measures) Bill 2007 [This bill will now be assented to]
- Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007
40 Government amendments agreed to [The House of
Representatives will now consider the amendments made by the
Senate]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007 [This bill
will now be assented to]
- Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007 and a
related bill [These bills will now be assented to]
Notices of motion
To vary the days and hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and
Conservation (Senator Abetz) to vary the days and hours of meeting
for the remainder of the Winter sittings to allow the Government's
legislative program to be considered.
To introduce a private senators' bill
- Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2007 notice given by Senator
Murray
To exempt bills from the cut-off order [to enable consideration
this period of sittings]
- Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified GST Accounting) Bill 2007
- Wheat Marketing Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk's documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
- Australian Crime Commission Joint Committee
Examination of the annual report for 2005-06 of the Australian
Crime Commission
- Scrutiny of Bills Committee
Alert Digest No. 6 of 2007 and
6th report of 2007 [contain assessments of bills on civil
liberties and related grounds] This report was debated [first
speaker]
New inquiries
Selection of Bills Committee report
The Senate adopted report no. 9 of the Selection of Bills
Committee, and made the following references:
- Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill
2007 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to report by 31
July 2007
- Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 and a related bill
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee to report by 18
June 2007
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill
2007 Community Affairs Committee to report by 18 June 2007
Public meeting
The Senate authorised the Joint Standing Committee on
Publications to hold a public meeting while the Senate is sitting
on 18 June 2007 from 12.30pm to 1.30pm for the committee's inquiry
into printing standards for documents presented to Parliament.
Notices of motion given
To hold a meeting when the Senate is sitting:
- Community Affairs Committee 14 June 2007 from 4.00pm to take
evidence on a matter relating to the Positron Emission Tomography
review
To refer matters to committees:
-
Cost of living pressures on older Australians Community Affairs
Committee to report by 13 September 2007
-
Renewable energy feed-in tariffs in Australia Economics
Committee to report by 6 October 2007
Documents
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General
Audit report no. 43 of 2006-07
- Australian parliamentary delegation Republic of Malta and
Spain, 14 to 24 April 2007, and official visit to Kuwait by the
President of the Senate, 24 to 26 April 2007 Report
-
Clerk's documents [legislative instruments and other documents
required by statute to be tabled, including Governor-General's
Proclamations]
-
Government documents [and
considered]
- Senators' satisfaction with departmental services, 2007 Report
prepared for the Department of the Senate by Eureka Strategic
Research
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question time
first question
Matters of public interest debate
first speaker
Adjournment debate
first speaker
Motions agreed to
-
Council of the National Library of Australia Election of
Senator Trood moved by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
for Finance and Administration (Senator Colbeck)
-
Floods in the New South Wales central coast and Hunter region
moved by Senator Sandy Macdonald
-
Kerang train disaster moved by Senators Ronaldson, Conroy, the
Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison), the Leader of
the Family First Party (Senator Fielding), Senators Fifield, Kemp,
McGauran, Patterson, Troeth, Carr, Marshall and Ray
Motions negatived
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Related resources
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